Amid queries of Najib Razak serving time in hospital rather than a prison cellular, to his energetic social media presence plus loyalists calling to have an early election, the jail term is just not the end for the Malaysian former prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich), says ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Start Visiting Fellow Wayne Chai.Continue Reading
Malaysia’s 2023 budget will be tabled in parliament on Oct 7. This will be the last budget to be tabled by the current government prior to the 15th general political election is called.Continue Reading
BRUSSELS: NATO will ramp up its help to get Kyiv in response to Russia’s “sham” referendums within occupied territories associated with Ukraine, the alliance’s Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Fri (Sep 23). He spoke as Moscow released the votes at the four regions becoming a member of Russia, in whatContinue Reading
TAIWAN THE PARTICULAR “BIGGEST RISK” President May well Biden in an interview aired Sunday said he was ready to intervene militarily if China uses force in Taiwan, once again deviating from decades of US ambiguity. In a speech before his talks with Blinken, Wang reiterated anger over US support forContinue Reading
BRUSSELS: Young activists rallied for climate action on Friday (Sep 23), staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand that rich countries pay for the damage that global warming is inflicting upon the poor. The protests take place six weeks beforeContinue Reading
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COLOMBO: Japan, one of Sri Lanka’s main creditors, will back the South Asian nation as it seeks to restructure about US$30 billion of its foreign debt and find a way out of a crippling economic crisis, Tokyo’s envoy to the country said on Friday (Sep 23). Reaching an agreement withContinue Reading
HANOI: Vietnam’s finance ministry on Friday (Sep 23) said it is proposing to the legislature cutting the special consumption tax and value-added tax on fuels to keep inflation under 4 per cent this year. The move will follow this week’s decision by the central bank to raise policy rates andContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been given medical clearance to return to prison after completing rehabilitative treatment at a Kuala Lumpur hospital, the health ministry said on Friday (Sep 23). Bernama reported that he was sent back to Kajang Prison the same day. Najib, 69, startedContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific Airways on Friday (Sep 23) said it plans to add more than 200 pairs of passenger flights in October to both regional and long-haul destinations. The announcement came after Hong Kong government said to scrap its controversial COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy for all arrivals from SepContinue Reading